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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Missouri |
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Group | All firms | Firms with paid employees | ||||||
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| Firms (number) |
Sales and Receipts ($1,000) |
Firms (number) |
Sales and Receipts ($1,000) |
Employees | Payroll ($1,000) |
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Universe (All Firms) | 411,403 | 382,797,052 | 111,852 | 372,254,747 | 2,196,997 | 57,986,062 | ||
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Total minorities | 26,558 | 3,775,340 | 5,923 | 3,196,494 | 38,312 | 759,044 | ||
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Black | 13,678 | 1,261,398 | 2,142 | 1,060,253 | 14,503 | 252,769 | ||
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Hispanic | 4,107 | 586,821 | 786 | 460,460 | 6,141 | 146,268 | ||
| Cuban | 225 | 46,210 | 57 | 42,100 | 193 | 5,045 | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 1,644 | 252,475 | 330 | 208,051 | 3,153 | 59,582 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 253 | 70,656 | 138 | 64,951 | 1,180 | 38,007 | |||
| Spaniard | 277 | 35,767 | 52 | 23,078 | 173 | 4,605 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 696 | 81,538 | 103 | 55,414 | 632 | 18,810 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 1,011 | 100,175 | 106 | 66,864 | 810 | 20,219 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 4,106 | 625,993 | 774 | 506,782 | 5,839 | 112,352 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 4,974 | 1,350,261 | 2,275 | 1,212,831 | 12,830 | 277,989 | ||
| Asian Indian | 1,023 | 360,791 | 507 | 336,440 | 3,516 | 102,762 | |||
| Chinese | 1,155 | 339,631 | 643 | 303,013 | 2,909 | 59,743 | |||
| Filipino | 640 | 81,137 | 280 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |||
| Japanese | 258 | 130,908 | 103 | 125,161 | 622 | 13,054 | |||
| Korean | 612 | 137,865 | 322 | 122,032 | 2,047 | 16,304 | |||
| Vietnamese | 631 | 99,815 | 226 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |||
| Other Asian | 515 | 129,534 | 148 | 109,006 | 1,062 | 27,698 | |||
| Hawaiian | 90 | D | 20 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 50 | D | 26 | D | 500 to 999 | D | |||
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Women | 103,626 | 15,002,981 | 16,408 | 13,474,961 | 134,301 | 2,623,741 | ||
| Universe (All Firms) | All firms | Firms with paid employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIC Code |
Major Industry Group(SIC based) | Firms (number) |
Sales and Receipts ($1,000) |
Firms (number) |
Sales and Receipts ($1,000) |
Employees | Payroll ($1,000) |
| Total | All industries | 411,403 | 382,797,052 | 111,852 | 372,254,747 | 2,196,997 | 57,986,062 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 9,366 | 955,533 | 2,254 | 750,251 | 11,627 | 214,352 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 8,960 | 944,638 | 2,237 | 747,705 | 11,600 | 213,782 |
| 08 | Forestry | 185 | 6,674 | 12 | 2,323 | 25 | 533 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 221 | 4,221 | 5 | 223 | 2 | 37 |
| Mineral Industries | 956 | 729,194 | 226 | 712,617 | 6,525 | 230,978 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 18 | D | 14 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 12 | Coal mining | 11 | D | 6 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 720 | 37,143 | 38 | 22,424 | 230 | 4,299 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 208 | 478,084 | 169 | 477,130 | 3,556 | 114,196 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 52,096 | 20,214,229 | 15,451 | 18,790,140 | 131,419 | 4,047,828 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 10,774 | 8,653,992 | 4,530 | 8,164,396 | 36,451 | 1,057,667 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 1,654 | 2,698,434 | 899 | 2,670,329 | 15,964 | 560,959 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 38,511 | 8,494,367 | 9,781 | 7,691,984 | 78,011 | 2,402,718 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 1,169 | 367,436 | 253 | 263,431 | 993 | 26,484 |
| Manufacturing | 14,034 | 99,171,537 | 7,185 | 98,920,620 | 419,642 | 14,289,192 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 585 | 17,201,383 | 376 | 17,193,527 | 50,295 | 1,592,259 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 2 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 80 | 89,074 | 37 | 81,762 | 495 | 13,007 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 747 | 1,128,147 | 313 | 1,119,581 | 18,659 | 293,122 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 2,934 | 1,262,626 | 796 | 1,175,842 | 11,881 | 243,951 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 558 | 1,852,696 | 244 | 1,842,826 | 11,865 | 320,672 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 176 | 3,187,431 | 130 | 3,184,971 | 14,254 | 473,007 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 2,406 | 6,304,463 | 1,395 | 6,270,930 | 46,617 | 1,444,972 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 369 | 10,684,298 | 331 | 10,679,533 | 27,066 | 1,689,339 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 43 | D | 39 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 377 | 3,172,384 | 342 | 3,169,301 | 21,416 | 561,938 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 129 | 289,795 | 60 | 287,838 | 3,711 | 69,372 |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 631 | 1,792,396 | 352 | 1,786,747 | 11,460 | 359,205 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 175 | 2,918,490 | 124 | 2,915,564 | 13,791 | 454,987 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 1,213 | 4,616,143 | 748 | 4,596,643 | 34,410 | 1,084,615 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 1,602 | 5,253,288 | 989 | 5,233,037 | 36,543 | 1,170,490 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 427 | 5,530,811 | 241 | 5,525,206 | 33,879 | 1,039,038 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 344 | 31,053,553 | 304 | 31,050,172 | 61,266 | 2,732,186 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 184 | 1,409,620 | 160 | 1,406,863 | 10,596 | 394,170 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 1,195 | 891,003 | 346 | 866,591 | 8,757 | 210,141 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 21,531 | 23,201,894 | 5,869 | 22,455,673 | 137,726 | 4,543,216 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 1,205 | 351,266 | 262 | D | 10,000 to 24,999 | D |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 15,463 | 7,199,673 | 3,871 | 6,573,620 | 52,730 | 1,476,176 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 291 | 503,759 | 143 | 492,678 | 1,781 | 49,764 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 392 | 449,174 | 144 | 436,532 | 6,736 | 133,732 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 10 | 73,927 | 9 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 47 | Transportation services | 2,172 | 984,365 | 778 | 939,928 | 8,467 | 236,251 |
| 48 | Communications | 1,265 | 7,081,745 | 428 | 7,059,764 | 38,543 | 1,602,358 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 764 | 6,557,985 | 265 | 6,547,572 | 18,602 | 904,202 |
| Wholesale trade | 16,320 | 95,885,213 | 9,558 | 95,408,613 | 152,056 | 5,504,228 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 10,315 | 46,386,137 | 6,228 | 46,115,410 | 83,210 | 3,101,073 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 6,049 | 49,499,076 | 3,374 | 49,293,203 | 68,846 | 2,403,155 |
| Retail trade | 61,834 | 54,212,563 | 23,211 | 52,882,448 | 469,654 | 6,559,565 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,988 | 3,149,191 | 1,320 | 3,110,365 | 20,880 | 418,792 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 767 | 7,776,035 | 241 | 7,753,806 | 64,760 | 843,361 |
| 54 | Food stores | 3,439 | 7,594,806 | 2,188 | 7,528,331 | 59,118 | 851,155 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 6,890 | 18,559,816 | 3,668 | 18,116,215 | 58,173 | 1,351,658 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 2,178 | 1,815,927 | 1,067 | 1,776,654 | 21,449 | 276,153 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 3,142 | 2,353,630 | 1,879 | 2,285,855 | 17,086 | 299,927 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 9,233 | 5,121,396 | 7,101 | 5,039,836 | 171,275 | 1,517,628 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 34,360 | 7,841,762 | 5,910 | 7,271,386 | 56,913 | 1,000,891 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 44,743 | 40,017,690 | 9,957 | 37,570,433 | 151,068 | 5,214,248 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 685 | 8,479,255 | 661 | 8,477,899 | 47,415 | 1,370,600 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 848 | 2,529,173 | 518 | 2,513,840 | 11,994 | 397,230 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 1,627 | 2,393,484 | 512 | 2,318,662 | 15,785 | 966,369 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 414 | 18,253,901 | 366 | 18,243,637 | 31,894 | 1,225,288 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 10,277 | 1,793,904 | 3,330 | 1,566,463 | 14,709 | 464,490 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 28,350 | 4,223,828 | 4,233 | 2,499,769 | 23,446 | 521,188 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 2,778 | 2,344,145 | 573 | 1,950,163 | 5,825 | 269,083 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 165,266 | 47,372,013 | 39,028 | 44,740,749 | 716,957 | 17,377,393 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 2,110 | 1,786,087 | 1,191 | 1,736,731 | 34,877 | 484,625 |
| 72 | Personal services | 27,422 | 1,554,904 | 3,951 | 1,191,007 | 31,789 | 463,661 |
| 73 | Business services | 40,951 | 9,739,850 | 6,783 | 9,057,118 | 150,364 | 3,413,836 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 10,828 | 2,322,952 | 3,952 | 2,089,033 | 25,501 | 583,747 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 5,217 | 744,308 | 1,484 | 651,629 | 8,111 | 200,858 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 1,081 | 521,831 | 543 | 505,444 | 8,015 | 99,273 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 10,874 | 2,146,095 | 1,848 | 2,011,459 | 35,770 | 784,489 |
| 80 | Health services | 15,712 | 15,836,064 | 7,849 | 15,509,830 | 249,687 | 6,912,929 |
| 81 | Legal services | 5,421 | 2,047,655 | 2,786 | 1,927,888 | 17,095 | 745,060 |
| 82 | Educational services | 4,578 | 3,678,880 | 845 | 3,639,016 | 55,067 | 1,205,412 |
| 83 | Social services | 18,280 | 1,776,775 | 2,862 | 1,608,823 | 51,329 | 631,633 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 95 | 110,013 | 93 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 21,348 | 5,008,421 | 4,848 | 4,623,539 | 46,934 | 1,792,476 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 1,541 | 98,178 | 185 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| Industries not classified | 26,561 | 1,037,186 | 417 | 23,203 | 323 | 5,062 | |
| Women | All firms | Firms with paid employees | |||||
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| SIC Code |
Major Industry Group(SIC based) | Firms (number) |
Sales and Receipts ($1,000) |
Firms (number) |
Sales and Receipts ($1,000) |
Employees | Payroll ($1,000) |
| Total | All industries | 103,626 | 15,002,981 | 16,408 | 13,474,961 | 134,301 | 2,623,741 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 1,449 | 74,630 | 255 | 59,951 | 1,159 | 20,052 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 1,409 | 72,601 | 249 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 08 | Forestry | 13 | 1,428 | 6 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Mineral Industries | 136 | 58,247 | 27 | D | 500 to 999 | D | |
| 10 | Metal mining | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 12 | Coal mining | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 104 | D | 2 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 27 | D | 23 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 3,830 | 1,230,230 | 1,525 | 1,146,026 | 10,277 | 310,293 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 680 | 334,930 | 323 | 303,583 | 2,122 | 48,752 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 168 | 154,402 | 87 | 150,492 | 1,086 | 42,407 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 2,828 | 700,868 | 1,084 | 660,316 | 6,849 | 212,803 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 154 | 40,031 | 31 | 31,635 | 220 | 6,330 |
| Manufacturing | 2,039 | 1,959,718 | 753 | 1,926,507 | 15,277 | 415,291 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 73 | 133,392 | 32 | 132,280 | 426 | 10,464 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 29 | 12,766 | 11 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 344 | 66,091 | 70 | 63,361 | 1,154 | 19,142 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 179 | 59,990 | 48 | 58,471 | 726 | 11,913 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 51 | 26,501 | 13 | 25,754 | 298 | 7,255 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 6 | D | 1 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 547 | 204,060 | 222 | 196,609 | 2,630 | 68,555 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 7 | D | 4 | 48,221 | 184 | 13,262 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 9 | 26,469 | 8 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 8 | D | 2 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 137 | 153,844 | 47 | 152,983 | 1,327 | 39,400 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 23 | D | 16 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 156 | 321,706 | 64 | 309,725 | 2,064 | 59,132 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 140 | 346,767 | 86 | 343,842 | 1,907 | 67,547 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 63 | 99,004 | 25 | 98,380 | 530 | 13,995 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 18 | 87,850 | 18 | 87,850 | 936 | 21,252 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 1 | D | 1 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 227 | 74,073 | 63 | 72,436 | 752 | 15,675 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 2,266 | 1,416,240 | 782 | 1,373,049 | 12,411 | 331,251 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 134 | D | 35 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 1,258 | 1,070,103 | 486 | 1,040,894 | 7,712 | 226,979 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 33 | D | 21 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 10 | D | 1 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 612 | 71,470 | 184 | 62,484 | 1,215 | 28,096 |
| 48 | Communications | 152 | 71,761 | 28 | 69,306 | 484 | 17,388 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 69 | 157,130 | 29 | 156,771 | 987 | 39,112 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,072 | 3,934,548 | 834 | 3,881,848 | 9,068 | 263,802 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 1,159 | 2,769,243 | 542 | 2,735,813 | 6,389 | 185,281 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 915 | 1,165,305 | 294 | 1,146,035 | 2,679 | 78,521 |
| Retail trade | 19,906 | 2,726,012 | 4,206 | 2,464,756 | 28,104 | 328,626 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 317 | 240,685 | 175 | 237,355 | 1,409 | 28,710 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 221 | 13,894 | 39 | 8,557 | 133 | 703 |
| 54 | Food stores | 732 | 333,996 | 391 | 320,479 | 2,698 | 34,342 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 495 | 809,321 | 211 | 784,878 | 2,385 | 54,416 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 809 | 152,118 | 297 | 135,036 | 1,836 | 20,826 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 533 | 122,806 | 210 | 114,317 | 908 | 20,599 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 2,357 | 368,947 | 1,526 | 352,543 | 13,525 | 99,560 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 14,456 | 684,245 | 1,371 | 511,591 | 5,210 | 69,470 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 9,853 | 881,688 | 1,278 | 602,470 | 4,262 | 111,068 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 32 | 117,275 | 32 | 117,275 | 543 | 15,665 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 113 | 33,950 | 65 | 31,833 | 297 | 15,693 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 316 | 20,706 | 32 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 39 | 77,806 | 34 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 1,811 | 98,058 | 445 | 67,231 | 1,046 | 17,826 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 6,966 | 464,212 | 662 | 241,013 | 1,948 | 45,823 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 593 | 69,681 | 26 | 56,506 | 59 | 2,254 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 55,472 | 2,623,868 | 6,725 | 1,959,336 | 52,535 | 818,721 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 337 | 47,109 | 102 | 43,167 | 1,026 | 13,273 |
| 72 | Personal services | 13,109 | 522,286 | 1,524 | 359,869 | 8,046 | 127,114 |
| 73 | Business services | 13,301 | 692,270 | 1,322 | 521,493 | 19,083 | 246,423 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 644 | 62,355 | 207 | 52,280 | 901 | 17,154 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 469 | 45,896 | 126 | 36,790 | 629 | 12,172 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 258 | 25,243 | 92 | 19,865 | 606 | 5,984 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 2,010 | 80,967 | 331 | 53,019 | 1,541 | 14,299 |
| 80 | Health services | 4,042 | 570,568 | 1,180 | 510,586 | 12,016 | 240,404 |
| 81 | Legal services | 846 | 52,672 | 304 | 39,057 | 571 | 12,146 |
| 82 | Educational services | 2,042 | 34,177 | 87 | 19,522 | 811 | 8,562 |
| 83 | Social services | 12,856 | 213,916 | 662 | 100,303 | 3,965 | 44,596 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 5,025 | 255,123 | 762 | 190,179 | 3,215 | 70,434 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 535 | D | 30 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| Industries not classified | 6,646 | 97,799 | 68 | D | 500 to 999 | D | |
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Last modified: 7/12/01